BACKGROUND
The scavenger receptors are cell-surface receptors for native and modified lipoproteins that play a critical role in the accumulation of lipids by macrophages. CLA-1/SR-BI binds HDL with… (More)

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) have been implicated in metabolic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and atherosclerosis, due to their activity in liver and adipose tissue on… (More)

Mixed dyslipidemia of phenotype IIB is characterized by elevated levels of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL)-1 and VLDL-2 subfractions and of low density lipoprotein (LDL), which are associated… (More)